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Spencer Weber A scene from the photo archives of the Northwest Maritime Center's Race to Alaska looks deceptively serene. The 750-mile race of unmotorized watercraft from Port Townsend to Ketchikan is on again this year.

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Race to Alaska ready to sail

Contest resumes after two-year hiatus

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Alana Black, center, and her daughter, Sophia Strickland, 14, left, operate their Skokomish Valley-based Olympic Mountain Ice Cream tent while 5-year-old Evelyn Bonebreak of Port Angeles enjoys a cone on Friday at the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles.

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Sweet treats greet visitors to Juan de Fuca Festival

Music, vendors, programs engage all the senses

Kaitlin Harrigan of Port Angeles assembles a display of native art by students from Dry Creek School on Thursday that will adorn the atrium at Vern Burton Community Center during this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Juan de Fuca Festival aims to appeal to young and old

Events begin today

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Weekend offers many types of entertainment

Music, dance and drama are among the weekend’s entertainment on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles baserunner Peyton Rudd looks towards Kingston pitcher Jayla Moon while stealing home after a wild pitch got away from the catcher during a game earlier this season.

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STATE SOFTBALL: Peyton Rudd’s place is at second base for Port Angeles

Riders, Sequim, Forks and Quilcene begin state softball today

Ballet Victoria’s dancers will return to the Elks Naval Lodge ballroom, one of four stages in this weekend’s Juan de Fuca Festival in Port Angeles. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

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Juan de Fuca Festival makes its return to Peninsula

Three days of live performances and art begin Friday

Samson the lion enjoys a scratch from Robert Beebee, president of the Sequim Game Farm. Samson is 8 and loves watching people and observing their activities, Beebee said. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Game Farm opening to the public. The facility operates by driving tours only, although the walking tour areas — petting farm, freshwater aquarium, reptile house, studio barn and observation tower — are slated to open in the summer. Spring hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

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Living large at the Olympic Game Farm

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Game Farm opening to the public. Pictured are a…

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Port Ludlow Art League to host its spring Art Fair on Saturday

PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Art League will host its spring Art Fair from 10 a.m. to…

Dick Richardson, volunteer coordinator of the U.S. Light House Society, shows off the 1880’s French made fresnel lens at the top of the Point Wilson Light at Fort Worden State Park. The society is the caretaker of the lighthouse, under a license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Public tours are conducted from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Because of liability issues and Coast Guard regulations, the top floor, where the lens is located, will be off limits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Lighthouse tours

Dick Richardson, volunteer coordinator of the U.S. Light House Society, shows off the 1880’s French made fresnel lens…

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Duck Derby to offer prizes on Sunday

First in-person version of annual event since 2019

The Worthington Mansion restoration includes 9,000 cedar shingles that were hand dipped bay volunteers two years ago. They are installed on the mansard roof. The top floor of the mansion which is the interior of the roof area is envisioned to become a library area and meeting space. (Peninsula Daily News file)

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Worthington Mansion volunteers to cut the ribbon

Overnight stays expected to begin in June

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Port Townsend celebrates rhodies, Chautauqua this weekend

PORT TOWNSEND — The finale of the Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival and the Chautauqua Week will offer a…

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Activities galore on Peninsula this weekend

A wide variety of entertainment is offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Tom Noddy will present Bubble Magic during the highlight of the Chautauqua Weekend, which will begin on Friday.

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Chautauqua celebrates activities this weekend

Some events blend with weekend’s Rhody Festival

Blake McCabe

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Drag performances offered at Studio Bob for weekend

PORT ANGELES — Studio Bob will offer a weekend of drag performances led by Port Angeles High School…

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Sequim High Class of 1947 recalls fond memories

Sequim Alumni Association leading all-schools reunion

Lisa Jensen Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival Royality are, from left, Princess Brigitte Palmer, Queen Jenessah Seebergoss and Princess Hailey Hirschel. Seebergoss will not be able to attend this year.

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Stop and smell the rhodies again

Rhododendron Festival begins Wednesday

Sam Chase and his band, the Untraditional, will be among the performers at a new event, a prelude to the upcoming Juan de Fuca Festival.

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‘Prelude to a Festival’ Sunday at Elks ballroom

Concert will include blend of music and space for dancing

Christopher Thomsen of Port Angeles takes a cellphone photo of the tall ship Lady Washington as it does a beauty pass of City Pier after arriving in Port Angeles in June 2019. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Lady Washington to offer sails, tours in Port Ludlow

Tall ship is replica built to celebrate state’s centennial

The Field Arts & Events Hall on the Port Angeles waterfront sits idle on Tuesday while awaiting the resumption of work to complete the facility. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Field Hall pros, cons explored

Participants discuss possibilities of $50 million investment